Elizabeth Deming
F, b. 1595, d. 28 July 1683
| Father | Jonathan Deming b. c 1570 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Gilbert b. c 1573 |
Elizabeth was born in 1595 in County Essex, England, at the parish of Shalford. Elizabeth married Nathaniel Foote, son of Robert Foote and Joane Brooke, circa 1617 in County Essex, England, at the parish of Shalford. Elizabeth was a sister of John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1633, Elizabeth and her husband, Nathaniel, immigrated aboard the ship. Mr. Foote came from Shalford, in Colchester, Eng., and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. The first mention found made of his name is in the Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1633, when he took the oath of freeman. In the "Records of the Grants and Possession of the Lands in Watertown," (in which town Mr. Foote first located himself.1 Elizabeth's husband, Nathaniel, died in 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, at age 52 years, leaving her a widow. Elizabeth married 2nd Thomas Welles circa 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.2 Elizabeth's husband, Thomas, died on 14 January 1659/60 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, leaving her a widow.3 Elizabeth made her will at Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.
"I, Elizabeth Welles, of Wethersfield, in the county of Hartford, in the colony of Connecticut, Widdow, Being stricken in yeares & in expectation of my Solemn Change but of Good and perfect memorie blessed by almighty God, for the setleing of the Temporall estate God hath lent me, & that peace may be con- tinued amongst my relat:ons when I am gathered to my Fathers, doe make, con- stitute & ordain & declare this to be my last will & Testament in Manor & form following, revoking & adnulling by these presents all former & other will or wills, Testament or Testaments by me heretofore made and declared by word or writeing & this to be taken onely for my last will & Testament & none other, & first I comraitt my soak to almighty God my Saviour & redeemer in whotne & by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe to be saved & to have forgiven of my sins, & that my Soule with my body at the General day or resurection Shal be reunited againe, & through the meritts of Christ's death and passion possesse & Inheritt the kingdom of heaven prepared for the Elect, & my body to comely and Christian Burial as my overseers shall see meet, & my estate I disspose as followeth. I will that all those debts I ow in right or eonsciens to any man or men be well and Truly contended & payd out of my estate in the first place. My fourteen acres of land in the great meadow & Thirty acres in the west field I give unto my son Robert foote and to his heirs forever prohibiting him the sale of the same, he paying for these lands forty five pounds to be payed to the children of my Daughter Sarah Judson deceased nine pounds, & to my foure daughters, viz, my daughter Churchall, my daughter Goodrich, my Daughter Barnard & my daughter Smith, to each of them Nine povrnds a piece, I give unto my son Nathaniel foots Eldest son and his Brother eleven pounds, & to their children, To Daniel forty shillings, & to Elizabeth fewer povrnds which legacies, bothe the eleven pownd forty shillings & fower pownds shall be payed out of The money Nathaniel Graves owes me By Bill, I give and bequeth unto my Grand Son John Studder halfe my Great lots which 'yes at the farther Bownds of the Towne & the other halfe of the sayd lott I give unto ray Grandsons Joseph & Benjamin Churehall & theire heirs forever. The rernaynder of my estate (when a legacy is pd to my overseers out of it) shall be divided into five parts one part I give to my daughter Judsons children to be to them and their heirs for ever, & to my daughter Church&11 & her children one fifth part, & to my Daughter Goodrich & her children one fift part, and to my Daughter Barnard & her children one Mt part, and to my Daughter Smith & her children one Mt part, it is my will that what I give my foure daughters shall be wholly at their disspose, to disspose among their children as they see Good, I do nominate & appoynt my welbeloved Captaine John AIlin to be my Executor, & my beloved Brother, Mr. John Deming, sear. & my Grand Sony. Henry Beck to be the desired overseers of this my will, and as a token of my respect to them I give them Thirty Shillings a piece out of my estate, & for the' confirmation of the premises I have hereunto Set my hand this 28 day of March, 1678. memorandum it is my will that the Nine pounds a peice I give my foure daughters & the Mt part of my estate I give them shall be divided among the children of each of them the one halfe of it imediatly after my deccasse.
' EliZabeth Welles her mark E. W. L. S.
This signed and declared to be the last will and Testament of Mrs. Elizabeth Welles In presence of us: Joseph Bowlandson, John Deminge,
Memorandum: I give unto my grandson Nath: foott, the eldest son of my sonn Nathaniel, the one half of my fourteen acres of Medow & one half of my thirty acres of upland lying in the West field; wth liberty of takeing the first choice, he paying one half of the Legacyes wch were to be pd by my sons Bobt had he lived to possess ye sd land.
my will is that that part of ye eleven povrnds (wch I formerly will'd to my sd grandson Nathll & his Brothr) wch belonged to him by will, shall be equally distributed between my foure daughters above mentioned, and for the memorandum all rents of Land due to me, I will to be divided equally amongst my foure fore- mentioned daughters & their heirs;
Elizabeth Welles her mark
Witnessed by us: Samll Tallcott, John Deminge,
The following entry appears on the back of the with The distribute of 17 lb:
To Samll: Foott =05-10-00
To Elizabeth ffoot =04-00-00
To Lift: Smith =01-07-06
To ffraneis Barnard 01-07-06
To Josiah Church all 01-07- 06
To Lift. Tracey 01- 07-06
To Dann- ffoot 02-00-00
totaling 17-00-00.4
Elizabeth departed this life on Wednesday, 28 July 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.5 Letters of Administration were granted for her estate in August 1683 by the "Particular Court." where it was exhibited..6
"I, Elizabeth Welles, of Wethersfield, in the county of Hartford, in the colony of Connecticut, Widdow, Being stricken in yeares & in expectation of my Solemn Change but of Good and perfect memorie blessed by almighty God, for the setleing of the Temporall estate God hath lent me, & that peace may be con- tinued amongst my relat:ons when I am gathered to my Fathers, doe make, con- stitute & ordain & declare this to be my last will & Testament in Manor & form following, revoking & adnulling by these presents all former & other will or wills, Testament or Testaments by me heretofore made and declared by word or writeing & this to be taken onely for my last will & Testament & none other, & first I comraitt my soak to almighty God my Saviour & redeemer in whotne & by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe to be saved & to have forgiven of my sins, & that my Soule with my body at the General day or resurection Shal be reunited againe, & through the meritts of Christ's death and passion possesse & Inheritt the kingdom of heaven prepared for the Elect, & my body to comely and Christian Burial as my overseers shall see meet, & my estate I disspose as followeth. I will that all those debts I ow in right or eonsciens to any man or men be well and Truly contended & payd out of my estate in the first place. My fourteen acres of land in the great meadow & Thirty acres in the west field I give unto my son Robert foote and to his heirs forever prohibiting him the sale of the same, he paying for these lands forty five pounds to be payed to the children of my Daughter Sarah Judson deceased nine pounds, & to my foure daughters, viz, my daughter Churchall, my daughter Goodrich, my Daughter Barnard & my daughter Smith, to each of them Nine povrnds a piece, I give unto my son Nathaniel foots Eldest son and his Brother eleven pounds, & to their children, To Daniel forty shillings, & to Elizabeth fewer povrnds which legacies, bothe the eleven pownd forty shillings & fower pownds shall be payed out of The money Nathaniel Graves owes me By Bill, I give and bequeth unto my Grand Son John Studder halfe my Great lots which 'yes at the farther Bownds of the Towne & the other halfe of the sayd lott I give unto ray Grandsons Joseph & Benjamin Churehall & theire heirs forever. The rernaynder of my estate (when a legacy is pd to my overseers out of it) shall be divided into five parts one part I give to my daughter Judsons children to be to them and their heirs for ever, & to my daughter Church&11 & her children one fifth part, & to my Daughter Goodrich & her children one fift part, and to my Daughter Barnard & her children one Mt part, and to my Daughter Smith & her children one Mt part, it is my will that what I give my foure daughters shall be wholly at their disspose, to disspose among their children as they see Good, I do nominate & appoynt my welbeloved Captaine John AIlin to be my Executor, & my beloved Brother, Mr. John Deming, sear. & my Grand Sony. Henry Beck to be the desired overseers of this my will, and as a token of my respect to them I give them Thirty Shillings a piece out of my estate, & for the' confirmation of the premises I have hereunto Set my hand this 28 day of March, 1678. memorandum it is my will that the Nine pounds a peice I give my foure daughters & the Mt part of my estate I give them shall be divided among the children of each of them the one halfe of it imediatly after my deccasse.
' EliZabeth Welles her mark E. W. L. S.
This signed and declared to be the last will and Testament of Mrs. Elizabeth Welles In presence of us: Joseph Bowlandson, John Deminge,
Memorandum: I give unto my grandson Nath: foott, the eldest son of my sonn Nathaniel, the one half of my fourteen acres of Medow & one half of my thirty acres of upland lying in the West field; wth liberty of takeing the first choice, he paying one half of the Legacyes wch were to be pd by my sons Bobt had he lived to possess ye sd land.
my will is that that part of ye eleven povrnds (wch I formerly will'd to my sd grandson Nathll & his Brothr) wch belonged to him by will, shall be equally distributed between my foure daughters above mentioned, and for the memorandum all rents of Land due to me, I will to be divided equally amongst my foure fore- mentioned daughters & their heirs;
Elizabeth Welles her mark
Witnessed by us: Samll Tallcott, John Deminge,
The following entry appears on the back of the with The distribute of 17 lb:
To Samll: Foott =05-10-00
To Elizabeth ffoot =04-00-00
To Lift: Smith =01-07-06
To ffraneis Barnard 01-07-06
To Josiah Church all 01-07- 06
To Lift. Tracey 01- 07-06
To Dann- ffoot 02-00-00
totaling 17-00-00.4
Elizabeth departed this life on Wednesday, 28 July 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.5 Letters of Administration were granted for her estate in August 1683 by the "Particular Court." where it was exhibited..6
Family 1 | Nathaniel Foote b. 1592, d. 1644 |
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Family 2 | Thomas Welles d. 14 Jan 1659/60 |
Citations
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City.
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., page 21 - Elizabeth married 2nd ca 1646 Thomas Welles magistrate and later govenor of the colony.
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., page 22 - Governor Welles died. Jan. 14, 1659-60.
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., pages 21-22 - Will of Elizabeth Welles dated ___ & probated August 1683 - The original will of Mrs. Foote, alias Welles, from which I copy, is in the handwriting of Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, minister of Wethersfield; the codicil, or "Memorandum," in that of Samuel Tallcott, of Wethersfield, son of John Talcott, one of the first settlers of Hartford.
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., page 22 - Mrs. Welles died July 28, 1683, aged about 88 years.
- [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., page 22 - Elizabeth's made her will which was exhibited to and approved by the "Particular Court," August, 1683.